The Public Authority of the Modern State: The Phenomenon of Corruption

The article is devoted to the analysis of the influence of the human factor on the corruption in the public authority. The corruption depends on the institutional quality of the public authority, its ability to withstand the negative manifestations of the human factor, and on the officials’ qualities. The motivation of “going to power” has a big significance. Under the authoritarian regimes, the corruption system is generated by the deformations in the election institution. The managerial lustration expediency for the power purification after the regimes’ changes is substantiated. The institutional measures to combat the corruption have been identified

ЭКСПРОПРИАЦИЯ КОНТРОЛЬНЫХ ОРГАНОВ ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОГО СОБРАНИЯ - ПАРЛАМЕНТА РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ

The paper discusses the expropriation by the ruling elite of the control bodies in the Russian Parliament in favor of the President by way of political nepotism. The expropriation of the Audit Chamber was conducted by assignment at the legislative level to the President of the exclusive right to suggest candidates to the positions of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and all auditors of the Audit Chamber with their subsequent formal approval by the Houses of the Parliament. The Institute of the Ombudsman for Human Rights was expropriated by non-alternative suggestion of a candidate to this position by the President with subsequent formal approval of the President-supported candidate by the State Duma. The paper studies the federal laws related to Parliamentary investigation and Parliamentary control that, in fact, only imitate the control function of the Parliament.Рассматривается процесс экспроприации правящей номенклатурой контрольных органов парламента России в пользу президента посредством политического непотизма. Экспроприация Счетной палаты была осуществлена передачей на законодательном уровне президенту исключительного права выдвигать кандидатов на должности председателя, заместителя председателя и всех аудиторов Счетной палаты с их последующим формальным утверждением палатами парламента. Институт Уполномоченного по правам человека был экспроприирован посредством безальтернативного выдвижения кандидата на эту должность президентом с последующим формальным утверждением президентского кандидата Государственной Думой. Рассмотрены федеральные законы о парламентском расследовании и парламентском контроля, которые фактически служат лишь для имитации контрольной функции парламента

THE EXPROPRIATION OF CONTROL ORGANS OF FEDERAL ASSEMBLY - PARLIAMENT OF RUSSIA

The paper discusses the expropriation by the ruling elite of the control bodies in the Russian Parliament in favor of the President by way of political nepotism. The expropriation of the Audit Chamber was conducted by assignment at the legislative level to the President of the exclusive right to suggest candidates to the positions of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and all auditors of the Audit Chamber with their subsequent formal approval by the Houses of the Parliament. The Institute of the Ombudsman for Human Rights was expropriated by non-alternative suggestion of a candidate to this position by the President with subsequent formal approval of the President-supported candidate by the State Duma. The paper studies the federal laws related to Parliamentary investigation and Parliamentary control that, in fact, only imitate the control function of the Parliament